Rig Veda 7.34.14 — Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 14

Sukta 7.34

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumed)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अवीन्नो अग्निर्हव्यान्नमोभिः प्रेष्ठो अस्मा अधायि स्तोमः ॥

Transliteration

ávīn no agnír havyā́nnamóbhiḥ préṣṭho asmā adhāyi stómaḥ ॥

Translation

Agni nos protegeu por nossas oferendas e atos de reverência; para ele, o mais querido, foi estabelecido o nosso hino (stoma).

Word by Word

• अवीत्: helped; protected
• अवीत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (अवति)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-

• हव्यान्: oblations; things to be offered
• हव्यान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (collective) / Adjectival noun
• Root: हव्य-

• नमोभिः: with reverences; with acts of homage
• नमोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्-

• प्रेष्ठः: dearest; most beloved
• प्रेष्ठः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेष्ठ- (superlative of प्रिय)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अधायि: was placed; was established
• अधायि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

• स्तोमः: hymn; chant of praise
• स्तोमः: कर्तृ (of अधायि in passive sense: ‘the hymn was set’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम-